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SIDE A:
A1: 'Feels Like'
A great start to this release, a dreamy vocal backed with heavy disco style percussion and a awesome bass line!!

A2: 'Give You Love'
Classic Nicholas right here! A great soulful vocal sample paired with chilled disco / house percussions.

SIDE B:
B1: 'I Know' featuring Nick Anthony
This track brings something different to the release, a more percussive feel, again with classic Nicholas style chopped vocal samples and bass.

B2: 'Inside My Mind'
Deep funky bass line, again great percussive elements with just right amount of space and nice keys/synth sounds. As with the rest of these tracks; a brilliant vocal sample tops it off!!

SIDE A: FUNK! (7,49 min.) 45RPM
Traditional funk bass, four four drums and plenty of extras topped with funked up vocals! Give up the FUNK!

SIDE B1: WHEN YOU DO ME (8,09 min.) 33RPM
Another funky bass line this time accompanied by bells and keys, backed with a solid drumbeat.

SIDE B2: STOP WANTING IT (6,03 min.) 33RPM
80's sounding keys, cowbells and percussion - infectious vocals and memorable bass. A great tune for the end of summer!!

Idjut Boys re-edit of 'I'm Not Moving' - one of the standout tracks from Phil Collins 1981 debut solo album, 'Face Value'

NEXT UP ON ECLECTIC AVENUE IS A KILLER FROM THE DEAD ROSE MUSIC COMPANY HOT ON THE HEELS OF THEIR WOLF MUSIC RELEASE. ROUNDED OFF WITH A ROB MELLO MIX, SIMPLY SUPERB!

Reality burst onto the Amsterdam funk scene in 1970, a dynamic percussive powerhouse of eight musicians. Galvanized by charismatic singer and frontman Tony Sherman, and driven by the core duo of Glenn Gaddum on keys and Frankie Douglas on guitar, the octet rose to prominence after their debut LP, playing many shows in Europe and worldwide with their whirlwind fusion of tough raw funk and Caribbean Antillean rhythms taken from Surinam, Curaçao, and Aruba. At that time there was a rich cultural exchange between the Netherlands and the Antilles, with many enterprising Caribbean communities and families traveling back and forth, inspired by the prospects of western Europe. Funk was very much a universal language of optimism, the rhythm of a new world, and the opportunity of seeing new countries and making them dance was one Reality seized with both hands. Debut album 'Reality', and the subsequent 'Tony And Reality' show the group at their tight funky best, with a deep understanding of the dynamics of the funk backbeat, as well as an intuitive knowledge of where to place their sunny bounce, and bring their positive energy to the dance. While the bands career was relatively short-lived, it was the incendiary nature of the group that meant they weren't slow-burners, but a bright flash on the world stage. Both LPs perfectly capture those fiery changing times, and stand up now as just great dance music, whatever your era.

Side A : 'Seam Steam'
Moody electronic disco with theatrical arrangement.

Side B1 : 'Coffe & Cars'
Funky disco style with horn, strings, electronic bass& synth with percussion.
Catchy horn riff & key.. check the break with handclap....

Side B 2 : 'Livin inna Fantasy'
Dubby house with catchy chorus - 'Living in a fantasy'

1. Voyage Libertad To The Boat Dance
2. Do Not Brown Your Nose
3. He Wants To Make Love To Himself
4. Bundas Bom
5. Wanna Go To The Mall
6. I Love My Dog (Do Do Do)
7. It's All About The Money, Money
8. No More Blues
9. Dancing Disco 101 *
10. One Day We Will Pay*
11. The Boat Dance (Bonus E-Love remix)

6 mixes in total
ORIGINAL MIX
ORIGINAL DUB
SPENCER PARKER GUN FOR HIRE REMIX
DANNY J LEWIS REMIX
VINNY VILLBASS
TRULZ AND ROBIN

Killer new album from Stevie Kotey and friends

Another red hot and innovative release from our favourite NY Label !
Gala Drop are a Portuguese duo who self released their debut LP in 2008
Their improvised and organic style of electronic music sounds all at once classic and futuristic and is the perfect fit for this forward thinking label
Phil South recently previewed Overcoat Heat on Tim Sweeney's celebrated Beats In Space show to rapturous response !

Red Music head honcho delivers another eclectic disco track in the form of Call Me Tonight, Vol 2
with remixes from Greg Wilson and The Revenge

Limited to just 200 vinyl copies please get those orders in early.......

This release is part of the much coveted Bitches Brew limited edition 10-inches series which has included Cosmodelica Remixes of Ashley Beedle & Horace Andy - "When The Rain", the DarkStarr remixes of Mavis ft. Candi Staton's "Revolution" and the DarkStarr remixes of Salvador Santana's "Don't Do It".

4 Months (Mark E Remix)
4 Months (Original)
Tonight Is Today (Arto Mwambe Remix)
Tonight Is Today (Original)

Solid funky rhythms & soulful grooves from Ray Parker Jr & Raydio, both tracks originally released in 1980

Deliverance is the title track and one of the highlights from the 2nd Space, 1978 album. It's been sampled, it's been covered, it's even one of Elton Johns "favourites". However it hasn't been remixed... until now.

The track is full of fine vocal performances. Jazz and session legend Madeline Bell takes the lead and truly delivers a spin-tingling belter of a lead vocal. The track also features what sounds like a Welsh male voice choir. However such is the genius of producer JP Illescuo its actually only two French backing singer chaps, multi-tracked to high heaven.

Justus Kohncke is first up on the remix duty. He turns in two great versions. First the "Wild Pitch" remix takes inspiration from a certain Chicago house label and tons of growly underbelly synth to meld with Madelines soulful vocals for a sweaty floor prime time drop. His second mix is more vocal and full of walking bass and stabby synth. Quality from the German wunder prince of sound.

For the other remixes things get very Italian. The Love Supreme fresh from a fine debut album on sister label Tirk turn in their "Hard Disko" mix which strips the song back and brings in the driving bass and guitar lines. Some trademark bleeps and Kraut vibe add some sonic authenticity. The Hands Of Love (Fabrizio Mamarella and folks from Love Supreme) then get bleepy with their acid and 303 spliced rework.

Top quality remastered reissue of Starflight's highly in-demand 1984 BMC Records release, featuring two superb floorfilling disco killers. First up is the brillant Dancer, an awesome cover of Gino Soccio's classic. But the real gem is on the flip where you get the magnificent electronic space boogie of Dance To The Beat, a fantastic Italo electro cut with dope synth b-line and super cool vocoder vocals that was huge on both the New York and Chicago scenes. Still sounding fresh today, this wonderful record is a must for any disco collection

The most favourite of Italian producers, Bottin, returns with an old project. "Tinpong" is a collaboration between BotTIN and Swiss singer Joy Frey PONG. These tasty masters were just gathering dust on an old hard disc in Venice but when we heard them we just had to get these gems out there.

QUALITY DISCO HOUSE FROM PLAYMORE RECORDS MIXES FROM REDSOUL & DJ ROMAIN. DJ SUPPORT FROM MEME / SPEN & GRANT NELSON